Monthly Archives: December 2016

Whether you love them, hate them, or forget they exist until they pop on your screen and interrupt your game, achievements and trophies are (literally) a required feature of all PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam games. I fall into

You may not know who Ideaki Itsuno is, but if you’re a fan of Capcom, you’ve probably come across his work. He’s directed a number of the publisher’s best titles, including Devil May Cry 3, Capcom Vs. SNK 2, and,

With rising budgets and team sizes, creating video games continues to get more expensive and difficult. Rarely does a game release without a significant day one patch that features critical, last-second changes. But every once and a while we encounter

Though the studio has yet to release a game (they are current working on Death Stranding), the newly-minted Kojima Productions are sure to have a few diehard fans already, since the team was formed from the fallout of the old

Heads up, friends: spoilers for the original Dishonored (but no major spoilers for Dishonored 2) lie ahead. Dishonored 2 has been out for almost two months now and in that time received a great deal of (earned) praise for its gameplay systems,

2010’s Trauma Team had players taking on the role of various doctors with different specialties who eventually banded together to fight a common enemy. It ended up being a good game, but I know what you’re thinking: this also sounds

I grew up loving Pokémon cards. Though I was never an avid player of the trading card game itself, I spent a large percentage of my allowance on starter kits, theme decks, and booster packs. Though I stopped after the

When I decided to turn the 12.31 Super Replay into an annual event, I knew the focus needed to be on bad games. People enjoyed watching us suffer; that was the hook that stood out. We used Overblood as the

The Sims is the rare video game franchise that appeals to both the hardcore and the non-gamer. It has spun off in a million ways, and this week we look at some of the stranger adaptations with a special guest.

The year 2016 had no shortage of good shooters, with big names like Battlefield 1, Overwatch, Titanfall 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Doom, and Gears of War 4 releasing. Many of these games had notable campaigns, but most players